News of note for readers: September 27, 2023

Posted on September 27, 2023 at 7:29 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

Categories: Today in Books

Tagged As: Amazon, Awards, Bans and challenges, BookRiot, Bookstore, Lawsuit, NPR, Politics, The Guardian, The New York Times

Book bans and challenges: September 25, 2023

Posted on September 25, 2023 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

There's a post of every length in this roundup of coverage of the fight for the freedom to read. NPR...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, BookRiot, NPR, Politics, The Guardian

More on book bans and challenges: September 21, 2023

Posted on September 21, 2023 at 12:07 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Here are three more stories about book bans and challenges. Levar Burton will lead Banned Books Week: The Reading Rainbow...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, BookRiot, Libraries, Politics, Pop culture, The Guardian

Elon Musk biographer admits to, corrects a factual error

Posted on September 13, 2023 at 2:06 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The author of a new biography of Elon Musk has admitted to and clarified an error in one online excerpt...

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Tagged As: Nonfiction, Politics, The Guardian, Ukraine

Watch a US Senate hearing on the harms of book bans

Posted on September 12, 2023 at 7:34 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

One of the most popular and memorable teachers in my high school told us, as sophomores, that he enjoyed watching...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, BookRiot, Libraries, Politics

On publishing "Lolita" in England

Posted on August 29, 2023 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Happy release day to author Thomas Harding, whose book The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing is...

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Tagged As: Classic literature, Excerpt, Literary Hub, Nonfiction, Politics

Judge hears first round of arguments against Texas book-rating law

Posted on August 22, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A federal judge in Texas still expects to rule on a motion to block the state's new book-rating law before...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Kindle Direct Publishing, Lawsuit, Politics

Lieutenant governor is reading banned books across Vermont

Posted on August 17, 2023 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The sight of a politician on a tour, during summer (aka fair season), isn't unusual at all. But we're pleased...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Politics

News of note for readers: August 14, 2023

Posted on August 14, 2023 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Catch up quick with the bookish news of the past few days ... or take a deeper dive into each...

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Tagged As: Artificial intelligence (AI), Bookstore, Libraries, Poetry, Politics, Pop culture

Book drama across the US

Posted on August 10, 2023 at 8:02 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

No part of the US is safe from efforts to put restrictions on literature. Here's what came up in the...

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Tagged As: Bans and challenges, Libraries, Politics, Publishers Weekly